15 Apr 2010, Posted by Alex in Blog, sticky, 5 Comments Tagged Else, featherfan, Idle screen, softkeys, sPlay, Thumb, Touchscreen, user interface

Making of Else’s sPlay

Sometimes an extreme requirement pushes you to your limits. When designing the Idle screen interaction for ELSE we decided we wanted to enable 80% of the day-to-day interaction from the idle screen.

27 Apr 2010, Posted by Alex in Vwidget, 0 Comments

15 Apr 2010, Posted by Alex in Vwidget, 0 Comments

12 Dec 2009, Posted by Alex in Blog, 2 Comments Tagged app store, mobile application, Operators

Is there a mobile app inflation?

Mobile apps are now the holy grail of the mobile market. When introducing a platform, one of the first questions by Operators, manufacturers and the media is: “does it have an app store?”. The following movie demonstrates how destructing this hype can be – this is a clear demonstration how not just anything should be defined as a mobile application…

28 Nov 2009, Posted by Alex in Blog, 2 Comments Tagged elements, Else, else intuition, Emblaze, fisheye, sPlay, user interface

From the UX designers of Emblaze’s Else – Some interaction examples

Following the unveiling of Else this week, the web is now full with examples of our last 3 years of work. This is really exiting, specially the great feedback it is getting from the public.

16 Mar 2009, Posted by Alex in Uncategorized, Vwidget, 0 Comments

14 Mar 2009, Posted by Alex in Blog, 0 Comments Tagged Innovation, MIT, Projector

The return of the handheld projectors

A year or so ago I blogged here about the real life use of mobile projectors. My basic point was that unless someone came up with a use that is different then “lets project a movieslide show from my cellphone” there is no way this technology will become a mass market product.

18 Feb 2009, Posted by Alex in Blog, 0 Comments Tagged 3DUI, Mobile Experience

Mobile Experience Decadence?

Barcelona’s MWC-09 is proving we are about to come to the end of the Mobile world as we know. The technological barriers are down, almost everything is possible, and manufacturers are going to the edge to win the competition. UI is the battle field and the masses are the victims: any interaction goes if it has some impressive 3D effect.

27 Jun 2008, Posted by Alex in Blog, 0 Comments

feature creap

18 May 2008, Posted by Alex in Blog, 0 Comments

back to blogging…. just a small thing i found in youtube